How I long to see among dawn flowers, the face of God.
MATSUO BASHOWhen composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.
More Matsuo Basho Quotes
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A flute with no holes is not a flute.
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The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.
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April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves, a butterfly Floats and balances.
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Around existence twine, (Oh, bridge that hangs across the gorge!) ropes of twisted vine.
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Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering.
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
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The journey itself is my home.
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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
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Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
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There came a day when the clouds drifting along with the wind aroused a wanderlust in me, and I set off on a journey to roam along the seashores
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Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock.
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The universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being.
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The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
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Come, see the true flowers of this pained world.
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Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.
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